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I don't remember when it started, perhaps around 5 months...it starts with a slight little flutter. Like butterflies in your stomach sort of feeling. The best pregnancy book is "what to expect when you are expecting" It explains everything!

First off, congrats on your first baby =) And to answer your question, I started feeling movements around the 16-17 week mark with my first. It's hard to describe the feeling, for me it felt like someone was gently brushing a finger inside of my lower abdomen.

With my first I started feeling movement around 18 weeks. It honestly feels like gas bubbles. It's really weird now when I'm not pregnant and I'll have a gas bubble and it feels exactly like baby movement. Freaks me out sometimes. This is why many mom's think they feel movement before they actually do.

Everyone says "flutters" and while that is true, it's very vague lol! Take your knuckles and scrape them along the inside of your arm. Imagine that in your belly. You will know it when it happens. Until then you're like " was that the bay? Maybe this time was baby" but there will come a point when you don't have to 2nd guess

I was able to feel my two VERY early--earlier than anyone said. It was an intense fluttering or a squirrel in a cage on the wheel feeling. Makes me wonder how so many women say they didn't know they were pregnant!